Awning



(No Model.)

I., TEUPE.

AWNING.

No. 396,309. Patented Jan. 15,1889.

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FRANK TEUPE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,309, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed February 8, 1837- Renew January 23, 1888. Again renewed December 22, 1888. Serial No. 293,863-

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK TEUPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of J etferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Awnings and Vindow-Shades; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in that class of awnings in which pivoted slats or blades are employed in connection with means for operating the same to introduce light to a room through the door or window at any desired angle.

The invention will be fully understood from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the annexed claims and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved awning, showing the same applied to a building, such as a store. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view of one of the forward supports showing the pipe and the axis of one of the blades in connection with a gutter. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. T

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly to Sheet 1 thereof, A indicates the front wall of a building, which may be that of a business-house having the usual narrow shedding, B, above the windows of the first floor. leneath this shedding I place a trough to catch rain or snow water, and this trough leads to a conveyer pipe or trough, as will be presently explained.

0 indicates the forward]y-extending sup ports, which are suitably secured at their inner ends to the wall of the building and sustained at their outer ends by uprights D. In the present instance I have shown four of these supports; but it is obvious that a greater or less number may be employed, according to the size of awning desired. These forwardly-extending supports are shown as composed of gas-pipe, and a gutter, E, is arranged longitudinally beneath the same and extends a suffioient distance laterally from the said pipes to catch any drip falling from the ends of the blades or slats. These troughs are designed to extend the full length of the awning from the wall of the building. It will thus be seen that any drip from the shedding or from other source will be conducted away by these troughs, as well as any drip that'may fall. from the ends of the blades. Above these forwardly-extending pipes and resting thereon are longitudinal metallic boxes F, having a longitudinal central circular base to receive a portion of the pipes C. These longitudinal metallic boxes F have their side walls, a, annularly recessed at suitable intervals for the reception of the journal ends of the blades, and the recesses, as well as the boxes proper, are closed by a cover, G, screws or the like being used to fasten it in place. The box F may be divided longitudinally by a central vertical wall, I), so as to prevent the adjacent ends of the slats from engaging one another and becoming obstructed in their movements.

It might be here stated that the construction described may be varied without departing from the essence of my invention, as the important features to be employed are a support for the journals of the blades and a trough so arranged as to carry off the water which may drip or fall from the structure.

H indicates one of the slats, which is preferably formed of tin or sheet metal, and may be rendered more durable by strengthening the same with transverse strips. The journals c of these blades extend from one of the longitudinal edges thereof, and are placed in the notched slats of the metallic boxes, as before described. These slats or blades are respectively connected by a rope, I, which, .after passing from the lower slat of a section, is carried down the wall of a building to within convenient reach of an operator, who may by manipulation of the said cord effectively open and close the said slats or throw them on any desired angle of inclination, so that light may be admitted to a room at any suitable point.

1 Having described this invention, what I claim is- 1. In an awning or shade substantially as described, the combination, with forwardlyextending supports having seats for slats, of overlapping slats pivotally seat-ed therein, and

forwardlyextending pipes, of the metallic I boxes having theirbottoins circularly recessed to receive the said pipes longitudinally therein and their lateral Walls notched, and the slats bearing in said notches, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in 20 presence of two witnesses.

FRANK TEUPE.

\Vitnesses:

NEWTON G. ROGERS, GEORGE E. DEL VECCHIO. 

